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Inside CFPC’s advocacy to reduce DTC form and other admin time
The group says it got a good reception in meetings with the CRA and MPs about the Disability Tax Credit form and other admin burdens on FPs.
Alberta introduces bills affecting transgender people, pronouns at school
Moments after the legislation was introduced in the legislature, LGBTQ+ organizations Egale and Skipping Stone Foundation announced they will be taking legal action, calling it discriminatory.

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in U.S. hospitals invents things no one ever said

There has been a rush by U.S. medical centres to utilize Whisper-based tools to transcribe patients’ consultations with doctors, despite OpenAI’ s warnings that the tool should not be used in ‘high-risk domains.’
B.C. judge urgently halts assisted death of Alberta woman, day before MAID procedure

The injunction granted on Saturday to the woman’s common-law partner prevents Dr. Ellen Wiebe or any other medical professional from helping end the life of the 53-year-old Alberta woman within 30 days.
‘Somebody should be paying attention’: Ontario has no healthcare plan for alcohol harms as sales expand

Thursday marks the province’s final stage of opening up the alcohol sales market as grocery stores that are not already selling booze can stock their shelves with beer, wine and coolers.
Apple Watches can now help detect sleep apnea

Sleep apnea is one of the most underdiagnosed sleep disorders.
Alzheimer Society supports advance MAiD requests, but also good dementia care

As of Oct. 30, people with dementia in Quebec are allowed to make advance requests for MAiD, before they lose the capacity to provide informed consent.
N.S. votes: Liberals promise more collaborative care, Tories pledge menopause clinic

As of October, the province’s primary care registry listed 145,000 Nova Scotians without a family doctor.
Brad Willsey announced as registrar-elect for Alberta College of Pharmacy

Willsey will succeed Greg Eberhart, the ACP’s long-time registrar of more than three decades.
Neighbours give early Halloween treat for 4-year-old headed for heart surgery

Four-year-old Ian Ytsma was born with an unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect, which is a lack of symmetry between left and right sides of the heart.